Artist
Mstislav Rostropovich
Mstislav Rostropovich is a classical artist from Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR. 19 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Classical · Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR · Best classical albums
- 19
- Releases
- 1987–2007
- Active years
Artist
Mstislav Rostropovich is a classical artist from Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR. 19 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Classical · Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR · Best classical albums
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Vivaldi, Tartini, Boccherini: Cellos Concertos (feat. cello: Mstislav Rostropovitch, Collegium Musicum Zürich feat. Conductor Paul Sacher)
2007
Cello Concertos
2007
The Late String Quartets / String Quintet
2004
Britten: Violin Concerto / Walton: Viola Concerto
2003
Khachaturian: Concerto Rhapsody / Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 2 / Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations (feat. cello: Mstislav Rostropovich)
2001
Violin Concertos No. 2
1997
Violin Concertos
1997
Cellist des Jahrhunderts
1997
Dvořák: Cellokonzert / Tschaikowsky: Rokoko-Variationen
1995
Symphonies nos. 2 & 3
1994
Cello & Organ
1993
Symphony no. 11
1993
Streichquintett C-Dur
1992
Viola Concerto / Trio Sonata
1991
Piano Concertos 1 & 3
1990
Streichquintett C-dur, D 956
1989
Chopin: Cello Sonata, op. 65 / Polonaise, op. 3 / Schumann: Adagio & Allegro, op. 70
1989
The Flute Quartets
1987
Dvorak: Concerto pour violoncelle / Tchaikovski: Variations Rococo
1987
Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich, KBE (March 27, 1927 – April 27, 2007), was a Soviet and Russian cellist and conductor. He is considered by many to have been the greatest cellist of the second half of the 20th century, and one of the greatest of all time. In addition to his outstanding interpretations and technique, he was well known for both inspiring and commissioning new works, which enlarged the cello repertoire more than any cellist before or since. He gave the premieres of over 100 pieces, forming long-standing friendships and artistic partnerships with composers including Dmitri Shostakovich, Sergei Prokofiev, Henri Dutilleux, Witold Lutoslawski, Olivier Messiaen, Luciano Berio, Krzysztof Penderecki, Alfred Schnittke, Norbert Moret, Andreas Makris and especially Benjamin Britten. Rostropovich was internationally recognized as a staunch advocate of human rights, and was awarded the 1974 Award of the International League of Human Rights. He was married to the soprano Galina Vishnevskaya and had two daughters, Olga and Elena Rostropovich. Rostropovich was born in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR, to parents who had moved from Orenburg. Rostropovich was of mostly ethnic Russian an…